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DCSF/Government

• "Anomaly" Letter from Public Communications Unit, DCSF (formerly DfES)
• Background to Consultation on Guidelines for Local Authorities (archive)
• Changes to GCSEs
• Changes to GCSEs - stand alone pdf version
• Consultations
• EO Commentary on the Initial Regulatory Impact Assessment Raising The School Leaving Age Consultation (archive)
• EO GPG Meeting with DfES: 22nd June 2007
• Guidance On "Identifying Children Missing Education"
• How secure will our children's details be on the Information Sharing Index?
• "Raising Expectations: Staying in education and training post-16" - EO Draft Response
• Report of EO meeting with DCSF on 19th November 2007
• Responding to the Guidelines Online: How to Save Your Response (archive)
• Staying Safe Consultation - Overview and Notes
• Time To Talk: Second Round of DCSF Regional Events March 2008
• Overview of Education Otherwise Response to Consultation on Home Education Guidelines
• Special Needs Children, HE and the Consultation (archive)

DWP Consultation on Changing the Benefit System Autumn 2007
(Lone Parents and Incapacity Benefit)

• Background Research from One Parent Families/Gingerbread
• EO's analysis of implications for home educating lone parents
• Sample Responses
• Summary of the Consultation Documents
• Walkthrough
• What You Can Do/How to Have Your Say

Home Education

• Iris Harrison's HE Diary
• Special Educational Needs and Home Education
• The Best Place to Educate a Child?

Law

• Consultation and Your Local Authority (archive)
• Deregistration of Children from School
• 1996 Education Act of the UK
• Phillips vs Brown, Lord Donaldson's Judicial Review
• Special Educational Needs and Home Education
• The Law and the Local Authority
• The Law Relating to Home Education

Links

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Local Authorities

• Deregistration of Children from School
• Duties of the Local Authority
• How To Begin A Dialogue With Your Local Authority
• Phillips vs Brown, Lord Donaldson's Judicial Review
• The Law and the Local Authority
• What Your Local Authority Can Do For You

Media

• Home Education in the News
• How to Deal with the Media
• Making Contact - Building a Relationship with the Press
• Making Contact with your Local Newspapers
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MPs

• How to Lobby Your MP
• Model Letters
• What Your MPs and Local Councillors Can Do For You
• Who Are They, and How to Contact Them
• Visit to MPs Surgery

Special Educational Needs

• Special Needs Children, HE and the Consultation (archive)
• Special Educational Needs and Home Education

News

• Home Education in the News
• Latest News on the Home Education Campaign

Workshops

• Bromsgrove Regional Campaign Workshop Saturday 31st March 2007
• Kent Regional Campaign Workshop Tuesday 3rd April 2007
• London Regional Campaign Workshop Saturday 24th March 2007
• Okehampton Campaign Workshop - Sunday 11th February 2007
• Norwich Home Education Workshop 20th July 2007
• Regional Workshops
• Sheffield Campaign Workshop - Sunday 28 January 2007
• Sunderland Regional Campaign Workshop Saturday 3rd March 2007
• Warrington Regional Campaign Workshop Saturday 10th March 2007